GB1488258A - Thermal radiation imaging devices and systems - Google Patents

Thermal radiation imaging devices and systems

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GB1488258A
GB1488258A GB51498/74A GB5149874A GB1488258A GB 1488258 A GB1488258 A GB 1488258A GB 51498/74 A GB51498/74 A GB 51498/74A GB 5149874 A GB5149874 A GB 5149874A GB 1488258 A GB1488258 A GB 1488258A
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electrodes
strip
thermal radiation
read
region
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Priority to GB51498/74A priority Critical patent/GB1488258A/en
Priority to US05/634,556 priority patent/US3995159A/en
Priority to DE2553378A priority patent/DE2553378C2/de
Priority to FR7536346A priority patent/FR2293063A1/fr
Priority to JP50142131A priority patent/JPS5836298B2/ja
Publication of GB1488258A publication Critical patent/GB1488258A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
    • H10F39/10—Integrated devices
    • H10F39/12—Image sensors
    • H10F39/191—Photoconductor image sensors
    • H10F39/193—Infrared image sensors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
    • H10F30/10—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices being sensitive to infrared radiation, visible or ultraviolet radiation, and having no potential barriers, e.g. photoresistors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Photometry And Measurement Of Optical Pulse Characteristics (AREA)
  • Facsimile Scanning Arrangements (AREA)
  • Radiation Pyrometers (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Radiation (AREA)
GB51498/74A 1974-11-27 1974-11-27 Thermal radiation imaging devices and systems Expired GB1488258A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB51498/74A GB1488258A (en) 1974-11-27 1974-11-27 Thermal radiation imaging devices and systems
US05/634,556 US3995159A (en) 1974-11-27 1975-11-24 Thermal imaging systems
DE2553378A DE2553378C2 (de) 1974-11-27 1975-11-27 Wärmestrahlungs-Abbildungsvorrichtung
FR7536346A FR2293063A1 (fr) 1974-11-27 1975-11-27 Detecteur de radiations thermiques a balayage d'images
JP50142131A JPS5836298B2 (ja) 1974-11-27 1975-11-27 ネツテキゾウケイセイソウチ

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GB51498/74A GB1488258A (en) 1974-11-27 1974-11-27 Thermal radiation imaging devices and systems

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GB1488258A true GB1488258A (en) 1977-10-12

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US (1) US3995159A (enrdf_load_html_response)
JP (1) JPS5836298B2 (enrdf_load_html_response)
DE (1) DE2553378C2 (enrdf_load_html_response)
FR (1) FR2293063A1 (enrdf_load_html_response)
GB (1) GB1488258A (enrdf_load_html_response)

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US4707608A (en) * 1985-04-10 1987-11-17 University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Kinestatic charge detection using synchronous displacement of detecting device
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DE3028915A1 (de) * 1979-07-30 1989-05-03 Secr Defence Brit Thermo-bildwandler
DE3330673A1 (de) * 1982-08-27 1989-08-10 Philips Electronic Associated Waermestrahlungs-bildsensoren und -bildsensorsysteme und die herstellung solcher bildsensoren
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US5123733A (en) * 1988-08-30 1992-06-23 Institut Radiotekhniki I Elektroniki Akademiinauk Sssr Method for measuring the spatial distribution of electromagnetic radiation intensity
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DE3125292C1 (de) * 1978-03-31 1989-12-21 Philips Electronic Associated Waermestrahlungs-Abbildungsgeraet
FR2633730A1 (fr) * 1978-03-31 1990-01-05 Philips Electronic Associated Dispositif de visualisation de radiations thermiques et systemes comportant de tels dispositifs
AU570397B1 (en) * 1979-05-25 1988-06-02 Philips Electronics Uk Limited Imaging devices, elements and systems
DE3019481A1 (de) * 1979-05-25 1989-01-12 Philips Electronic Associated Waermestrahlen-bildaufnahmeanordnung
US4801802A (en) * 1979-05-25 1989-01-31 Philips Electronic Imaging, device, elements and systems
DE3028915A1 (de) * 1979-07-30 1989-05-03 Secr Defence Brit Thermo-bildwandler
US5321290A (en) * 1979-07-30 1994-06-14 The Secretary Of State For Defence In Her Britannic Majesty's Government Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland Thermal imaging devices
US4482807A (en) * 1981-03-30 1984-11-13 U.S. Philips Corporation Imaging devices and systems
DE3238426A1 (de) * 1981-10-21 1983-05-05 The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Whitehall, London Fotoleiter-streifendetektor
DE3330673A1 (de) * 1982-08-27 1989-08-10 Philips Electronic Associated Waermestrahlungs-bildsensoren und -bildsensorsysteme und die herstellung solcher bildsensoren
US4707608A (en) * 1985-04-10 1987-11-17 University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Kinestatic charge detection using synchronous displacement of detecting device
US5123733A (en) * 1988-08-30 1992-06-23 Institut Radiotekhniki I Elektroniki Akademiinauk Sssr Method for measuring the spatial distribution of electromagnetic radiation intensity
US6420707B1 (en) 1996-11-14 2002-07-16 Qinetiq Limited Infra-red detector

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JPS5188276A (enrdf_load_html_response) 1976-08-02
JPS5836298B2 (ja) 1983-08-08
US3995159A (en) 1976-11-30
FR2293063B1 (enrdf_load_html_response) 1982-03-26
DE2553378C2 (de) 1985-05-23
DE2553378A1 (de) 1976-08-12
FR2293063A1 (fr) 1976-06-25

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 19951116